Construction of multiple highways
This undated aerial photograph, showing the construction of multiple highways, was taken for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Created in 1965,...
Construction site
Lewis Emory Walkers photographs of the building of the Treasury Building in Washington, DC are some of the earliest photographs in the holdings of the National...
EPA in New Hampshire
In April 1971, a photographer for the Documerica project took this picture of a construction site in New Hampshire where the Environmental Protection...
Erecting the Capitol dome
Although President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in 1793, construction of current dome did not begin until 1856. The dome, which replaced...
Hard hat worker
This construction worker at the Navajo Generating Plant in Page, Arizona, was taken in May 1972 by Lyntha Scott Eiler who was on assignment with the Documerica...
Paycheck for a WPA worker
In this January 1939 photograph, a Work Projects Administration (WPA) employee receives his paycheck at a construction site. The WPA was a New Deal program created...
Training the water
The Galveston Seawall was designed and constructed by engineers working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This photograph is part of the construction record.